Domination And Defiance : Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare /

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Shakespeare was clearly fascinated by the relationship between fathers and daughters, for this primal bond of domination and defiance structures twenty-one of his comedies, tragedies, and romances. In a conflict that is at once social and interpersonal, Shakespeare's fathers demand hierarchical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dreher, Diane, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, [1986]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Daughters.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Fathers.
Fathers in literature.
Fathers and daughters in literature.
Domestic drama, English.
Daughters in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Peres et filles dans la litterature.
Domestic drama, English > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Shakespeare was clearly fascinated by the relationship between fathers and daughters, for this primal bond of domination and defiance structures twenty-one of his comedies, tragedies, and romances. In a conflict that is at once social and interpersonal, Shakespeare's fathers demand hierarchical obedience while their daughters affirm the new, more personal values upheld by Renaissance humanists and Puritans. In her penetrating analysis of this compelling relationship, Diane Dreher examines the underlying psychological tensions as well as the changing concepts of marriage and the family during Sh.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780813159171

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